Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures stirred up dangerous travel conditions in parts of the ...
In short, the answer is the polar vortex. But what does that mean? The polar vortex is a “constant feature” that begins to develop sometime in September and persist through sometime in spring ...
down into the teens in some northern parts of the state. A polar vortex is a large area of low pressure and cold air that swirls around the Earth's poles, primarily in the stratosphere ...
A series of blasts of polar vortex air from the north will bring ... a week as a series of Arctic air systems move through large parts of the country. In addition to the danger the cold weather ...
Much of the country will be hit with extreme low temperatures over the next week as a polar vortex sends cold air down from the North Pole. Real feel temperatures throughout the northeast ...
A piece of the polar vortex is expected to be anchored over Hudson Bay. This will facilitate frequent shots of Arctic air and will produce an abundance of lake-effect snow for parts of the Great ...
US energy prices for home heating fuels have surged as a polar vortex has borne down on the ... Heating oil is still used in some parts of the Northeast. The jump in fuel prices comes as eastern ...
The polar vortex, a powerful upper-atmosphere phenomenon ... That has made the upcoming severe, extended cold event arrive at most parts of the nation. According to CNN, temperatures are shaping ...
Gillian Henry/Getty A polar vortex is about to impact the United ... according to the Weather Prediction Center. Parts of Georgia could see temperatures as low as in the 20s by Tuesday, Jan ...
According to AccuWeather meteorologist Alex DaSilva, the polar vortex blasts are expected to hit from Jan. 3 to 4, Jan. 7 to 8 and Jan. 11 to 12. Some parts of the country, like the northern ...
A polar vortex is set to bring weeks of icy temperatures to the Lower Hudson Valley and New York City. “This could end up being the coldest January since 2011 for the U.S. as a whole,” said ...